Marriage

Dr. R.C. Sproul says in his series Wisdom: “There is nothing wrong with being in love. There is nothing wrong with extolling the beauty of our wives or of our husbands.” Husbands and wives, when was the last time ...Read More

Jesus certainly loves us individually and justifies us via our personal
faith in Him. However, the relationship between Christ and His bride is a
relationship between the sovereign Lord and a corporate body. Jesus loves
a people as His bride ...Read More

The importance of paying compliments to our spouses is not to say that there is no place at all for constructive criticism. However, all too often the comments we think that we are offering in love are in reality offered ...Read More

No one said the Christian life would be easy, and the fact that it is sometimes hard to love one’s wife or be submissive to one’s husband does not excuse us from the duties God lays upon us ...Read More

Husbands, your calling is to pursue your wives in love to the ends of the earth.
Single men, your calling is to become the kind of men who, should you get
married one day, will love your wives in a ...Read More

The many biblical laws regarding marriage and divorce as well as God’s comparison of the relationship with His people to a marriage (see Jer. 31:31–32) demonstrate the covenantal nature of marriage. How do you view marriage? Do ...Read More

Single believers like Daniel and Paul as well as married believers such as Abraham and Peter have been used mightily of the Lord to advance His purposes. Knowing this to be true, our churches should be places where both singles ...Read More

We cannot assume all of the Sethites who intermarried had true faith, but if they did, the disastrous results of their marriage to unbelievers confirm the stories and commands that warn us against this elsewhere in Scripture (for example, 1 ...Read More

When we obey God’s will for marriage we glorify Him and help to avoid the exposure that is harmful to our well-being. Marriage is given so that we can find deep intimacy without shame. If you are married do ...Read More

Those of us who are married understand that we become aware of our own
selfishness through the marriage relationship in ways that we might not
otherwise know if we were single. We should therefore be in repentance for
our selfish ...Read More

Whether we happen to be single or married, this command applies to all of us. We are to avoid anything that could, whether in the present or the future, bring defilement to the marriage bed. Look at your life, and ...Read More

When we do not share our deepest longings with our spouses or, as we are able, serve our spouses by meeting their needs, we make it tempting to meet these needs outside of marriage. We must be willing to be ...Read More

Dr. John MacArthur writes, “A Christian husband is to care for his wife with
the same devotion that he naturally manifests as he cares for himself (v. 29)
— even more so, since his self-sacrificing love causes him to put her ...Read More

We may easily deceive ourselves and think that we are not obligated to fulfill
our marital roles simply because our spouses are not fulfilling theirs. But God
calls us to be faithful to our own callings, not those given to ...Read More